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Anya Taylor-Joy as chess prodigy Beth Harmon in "The Queen's Gambit" (Netflix)

How chess holds up a mirror to life

Jenny Adams - The Conversation
Louis Ashbourne Serkis and Anya Taylor-Joy in "The Queen's Gambit" (Netflix)

"Queen's Gambit" inspires new chess fans

Ashlie D. Stevens
Anya Taylor-Joy as Beth Harmon in "The Queen's Gambit" (Netflix)

The fluidity of "The Queen's Gambit"

Hanh Nguyen
Anya Taylor-Joy and Jacob Fortune-Lloyd in "The Queen's Gambit" (Netflix)

Sex, drugs and ... chess?

Hanh Nguyen
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A face mask chessboard, and prison bars (Illustration by Ilana Lidagoster/Salon)

Chess takes over the video game world

Ilya Brookwell - The Conversation
Critical Thinking (Vertical Entertainment)

"Stand and Deliver" but with chess

Gary M. Kramer
People watch an intelligent robot painting during the opening of the 3rd World Intelligence Congress (WIC) at the Meijiang Convention & Exhibition Center on May 16, 2019 in Tianjin, China. The 3rd WIC with the theme of 'Intelligence New Era: Progress, Planning and Opportunity' is held on May 16-19 in Tianjin. (Visual China Group via Getty Images)

Machines have learned creativity

Arthur I. Miller
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Myths and unknowns about chess

Alexey W. Root - The Conversation
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Bobby Fischer and the Cold War

Andrew O'Hehir
Magnus Carlsen (AP/Alvaro Barrientos)

Jonathan Zalman

Bujalski: "I'm a past-ist"

Daniel D'Addario
A still from "Brooklyn Castle"

Rook dreams

Andrew O'Hehir
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